Mink Lake, Nipissing District

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Mink Lake
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Mink Lake
Location of Mink Lake in Ontario
Coordinates: 46°03′24″N78°45′52″W / 46.05667°N 78.76444°W / 46.05667; -78.76444 Coordinates: 46°03′24″N78°45′52″W / 46.05667°N 78.76444°W / 46.05667; -78.76444
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
District Nipissing
Part Nipissing, Unorganized South
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
K0J
Area code(s) 705, 249

Mink Lake is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Pentland Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] Mink Lake is located within Algonquin Provincial Park at the eastern end of Mink Lake in the Amable du Fond River drainage basin.

It lies on the now abandoned Canadian National Railway Alderdale Subdivision, a section of track that was originally constructed as the Canadian Northern Railway main line, between Ascalon to the west and Daventry to the east.

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References

  1. "Mink Lake". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-10.

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